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Cigna's Express Scripts reached a landmark settlement with the FTC over insulin pricing manipulation. The 10-year agreement mandates structural PBM reforms including delinking compensation from list prices and favoring lower-cost alternatives.
The White House's TrumpRx.gov platform launched on February 5, letting uninsured and cash-paying patients bypass PBMs to access discounted medications directly from manufacturers, sending CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth stocks lower.
As traditional payroll growth slows and federal workforce cuts accelerate, a growing number of Americans are turning to Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart not as a side hustle but as a lifeline.
The leading edge of the Baby Boomer generation has reached 80, the federal estate tax exemption has dropped to $6.8 million, and rising healthcare costs threaten to consume much of the $53 trillion that was supposed to flow to younger generations.
The New York Fed's latest household debt report reveals total US consumer debt hit $18.8 trillion in Q4 2025, with credit card delinquencies climbing to their highest level in nearly a decade.
The US collected $187 billion more in tariff revenue in 2025 than 2024, with businesses absorbing roughly 80% of costs. In 2026, that ratio is flipping as companies exhaust their ability to shield consumers.
Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% in January 2026, pushing year-over-year wage growth well above the 2.7% inflation rate and extending the longest stretch of real wage gains since before the pandemic.
Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium produced a record $20.2 billion in total consumer spending, generated $500 million in local economic impact, and set new benchmarks for advertising and sports betting.
Money markets repriced the Fed's next rate cut from June to July after January payrolls came in at 130,000, more than double expectations, while unemployment dropped to 4.3%.
The federal government lost 34,000 jobs in January 2026, the largest monthly decline in federal employment in years, as deferred resignation offers and agency restructuring show up in BLS data for the first time.
Gold rose to $5,061 per ounce on February 11, 2026, supported by central bank demand, with China's PBoC extending its gold purchases for a 15th consecutive month, and growing rate cut expectations.
President Trump has nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair when Powell's term expires in May 2026, igniting a debate over central bank independence.